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Originally Posted by bogie
If a contractor is organized enough to get costs related to changes in writing, they should be covered. I know, I know, easier said than done.
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I think you hit it on the head, there. Many, many contractors are excellent at doing the actual work, but they're atrocious at figuring actual costs and being organized enough to present that information accurately to the home owner beforehand. My brother built extremely high end log cabins (hand hewn logs). He even built a log cabin for Tom Cruise in Colorado. He's built multiple large cabins that have been featured in various magazines. Unfortunately, he was more of an artisan than a contractor. He inevitably underbid the home, then being the honest guy that he was, his profits would suck on the house because he'd try to stick to the initial bid. As a result, he rarely does turnkey cabins anymore despite the potential profit being much higher in turnkey because
he can make a better profit with less headache just by going in as a timber framing subcontractor.